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H. M. HAMRIOK.

GANDLBSTIGK.

No. 479,362. Patented July 19, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HARRY M. I-IAMRICK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T 0 THEMECHANICAL NOVELTIES COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CANDLESTlCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,362, dated July 19,1892. Application filed February 2, 1892. Serial No. 420,032. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY M. HAMRIOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Candlesticks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to candlesticks, and more particularly to theconstruction and arrangement thereof.

The principal objects of my invention are, first, to provide a simple,durable, inexpensive, and effective candlestick for household and otherpurposes, and, second, to provide a portable counterbalancedcandle-holding device with a transparent or semi-transparent base and ofsuch construction and arrangement as that in use, shadows around andabout the same, as well as dropping of grease from the appliance, areentirely prevented.

My invention consists of the improvements in candlesticks hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The general characteristic features of my invention will be more fullyunderstood from the following descriptiomtaken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and in which- Figure l is aView, partly in elevation and partly in section, of a candlestickembodying features of my invention and with a candle mounted in theholder; and Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the device with the candleremoved.

Referring to the drawings, A is a saucershaped skeletonbase-plateprovided with radial arms and with an externally and internally recessedhub a formed integral therewith.

b is a plate or disk, of glass, celluloid, or other suitable material,mounted in the recesses a and a formed in the upper edge of disk orplate I) and adapted to support the same firmly in position by means ofa threaded 5o stud-bolt cl, inserted through a curved orinversely-disposed C-shaped arm F, the seat 0', and theinternally-recessed hub a and to which bolt is applied a nut (Z forholding thereby the several parts securely in operative position. Theupper extremity of the curved arm F is provided with an enlargementhaving an internal socket f for the reception of a ball g, formedintegral with or suitably secured to the stem g of the candleholder G,of any preferred construction, thereby forming a universal connection topermit of a limited range of movement in various directions of thecandle-holder G. This stem 9 is also provided with a counter-balance orweighted ball g his a candle fitting into the holder G.

Hitherto in the use of candlesticks two objectionable features have beenpresent in them: first, the constant tendency, unless great care wasexercised, for grease to drop from the appliance onto articles, as wellas the floor, necessitating thereby time and labor to remove the same,and, second, of the stick or device when the candle was lighted castinga shadow for some distance about and around the same. In my improveddevice both of said objectionable features are entirely obviated by theprovision of a transparent or semi-transparent base-plate and supportingthe candle in its holder by a ball-and-socket joint and acounter-balance or weighted ball in substantially the manner illustratedin Fig. 1, the latter at the same time afiording the candle-holder arange of movement in differ ent directions by means of said universalc011- nection.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A candlestick provided with abase comprising a saucer-shaped skeletonplate having radial arms carrying a central hub, a framework providedwith radial arms carrying a central seat, atranslucent plate or diskintermediate of the plate and framework, a weighted candle-holderprovided with a ball, and a curved arm secured to said seat and hub andprovided with a spherical socket engaging said ball, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

2. In a candlestick, a base comprising a In witness whereof I havehereunto set my saucer-shaped. skeleton plate having radial signature inthe presence of two SllbSGIlblIlg I0 arms carrying a central hub, aframework witnesses.

provided with radial arms carrying a central V v 5 seat, a translucentplate or disk intermediate 7 HARRY HAMRICK' 0f the plate and frame, andmeans for con- \Vitnesses: necting said framework and plate, substan- J.WALTER DoUGLAss, tially as and for the purposes set forth. THOMAS M.SMITH.

